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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband is a pediatrician and said strep has been really really unusual this year. Seeing so much and also some very severe cases.

Covid does absolutely impact your immune system. We will be seeing the after effects very clearly in the next few years. [b]Hopefully that will get people to take things more seriously[/b] [/quote]

NP.  What do you wish people do/would have done?  The closures damaged mental health and caused significant learning loss for children - a weakened immune system isn't so bad compared to that.[/quote]

There's a lot of space between closing down schools and workplaces and reverting back to exactly how we did things in 2019 when there wasn't a novel virus infecting everyone.

We should focus on air quality and ventilation #1 - all indoor spaces can be upgraded, especially schools. We should spend time outdoors when we can, including school. We should mask with a quality mask whenever we have symptoms of any illness to protect others. We should mask with a quality mask in most places indoors when we're in the middle of a wave. We should mask in healthcare settings and pharmacies, on public transport. We should test when we have symptoms and isolate.

You can do all of those things with minimal impact to your daily life. You can still be out there doing everything you want to do. You can be smart about this virus at the same time. It's not all or nothing. [/quote]

Air ventilation has already been upgraded, including at schools.  For the rest, we can agree to disagree.[/quote]

What are you talking about? You think all of the schools have adequate ventilation now? They don't. You live in lala land if you think they do. [/quote]

The CDC recommends FIVE air exchanges per hour. Show me how many schools have that. [/quote]

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